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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-05-25
COPARTNERSHlP.

Having purchased the stock and good will of the
firm of Arms Haines, we, the undersigned do this
day form a copartnership under the firm name of
Atkins Haines, and will continue business at the
old stand. q, w. ATKINS.
L. H. HAINES,
Waterbury, Vt, May T. 1851
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-05-25

do not know of any instance in which the CUT1
CURA REMEDIES have failed to produce satisfactory
results. believe have sold more of them than of
any other skin remedies have ever handled during
the thirty three years of my experience druggist
A. ID. TRYON, Batavia n. Y.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-05-25
DISSOLUTION.

The copartnershp heretofore existing under the
firm name of Arms & Haines is this day by mutual
consent dissolved Either party will sign In liquida
ton. q. n. ARMS,
l.. II. HAINES.
Waterbury. Vt NAV 7, 1887.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-05-25
The Case OF Joseph Brown.

The case of Joseph Brown of st.
Johnsbury against William II. Dubois,
state treasurer, tried in the supreme
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-05-25

X. OF Lit is rightly called the
king of liniments. Neurotic Oil never
fails in cases of rheumatism, neuralgia,
sciatica, stiff joints, etc. One bottle of
Neurotic Oil will do wonders for any
sufferer, Sold by the druggists.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-05-25

Sold everywhere. Price: CUTICURA, fifty cents ;
CUTIoURA SOAP, twenty-five cents; CUTICURA RE
SOLVENT, 81 90. Prepared by POTTER DRUG AND
CHEMICAL Co., Boston.
Send for Chow to Cure Skin Diseases"
DIMPLES, Backheads, Skin Blemishes and Baby
] Nv Humors, use CUTICURA SOAP.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-05-25

Mortified. Wednesday, May 25, until noon
Bethel. Wednesday afternoon May 25
Barre Hotel. Thursday May 30 until II o'clock
Montpelier Pavilion. Thursday afternoon, May 26
st. Adams. Friday, May q
Van Ness, Burlington. Saturday, May rs
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-03-29

In Paris the tenement population in
creased from l42,671 persons in 1876 to
243. 564 in 1852. One block, containing
l,S00 persons, has NJ water supply what
ever. The usual drainage in such build.
ings is through chutes leading from differ,
ent floors into a hogshead in the cellar,
which Is emptied as occasion requires
According TO NJ. Naduad, there are 2l9,
210 houses in France without any windows
whatever, light and air being admitted
through a hole in the door, which has 70
be stopped in wet or cold weather. In
Paris, although . 1900 tenements have
been dealt with by the authorities under
the act Of 1850, there are some 1000 per.
sons living in single rooms without means
of warming, and half as many Others
occupy rooms with no opening for light
and air. Nearly 10000 habitations con-
sist OF a single room only. This over.
crowding is partly the result Of the de.
struction Of small buildings to make room
for costly apartment houses. Amunicipal
commission recently appointed in Paris
proposes that cheap tenements should be
built on ~unoccupied sites belonging to the
city.-New York Journal
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-03-29
some Senatorial Pecnliarities.

When Gen. Sam Houston, Of Texas, was
In the senate of the United States the door,
keeper always provided half dozen small
sticks Of white pine 10 be placed On his
desk every morning. When the senator
would come in he would first sharpen his
knife on a bone, which he kept in the
drawer Of his desk, and then whittle one
OF these pieces Of pine, sometimes into q
grotesque figure, and then simply cut IL
into strips or chips. When N piece was
finished he would take another, and he
generally used five a day. Mr.. Reagan
tears up paper from one Of the public
documents in his desk, and when he has
several Of these he tears them transversely
into small squares, which are scattered all
about him. Then he will brush small.
pieces of his lap and take another page,
which In turn will be torn up into litter
Ben: Perley Poore.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-03-29
How Craekle GIn.. 4. Made.

Crackle glass is still very fashionable.
The cracked appearance is produced by
covering the outside Of the glass piece TO
be cracked with a stratum OF fiux, or
fusile glass, mixed with fragments Of
glass. In this condition il is placed In a
muffie, or open furnace, where IL is
strongly heated. As soon as the fiux
melts, and the glass itself has become red
hot. il il removed from the furnace and
rapidly cooled. The iux or fusible glass
under this treatment cracks and splits,
leaving innumerable fine lines OF fracture
all over It's surface, having the appear
ance OF scales or irregular crystals, which
cross and intersect each other in every
direction, producing striking and beautiful
effects when the light falls upon its sur
tace. Clara Belle in Cincinnati Enquirer.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-03-29

A correspondent asks IL there were any
coins made by the southern C~onfederacy.
/ answer yes, however much it may have
been denied. There were -four silver hall
dollars coined, and no more. The difficulty
Of obtaining bullion forced the mint to
close April 30, 1861. One is owned by
Professor Biddle, Of the Louisiana univer.
sity, and another is in the possession o.
DIR. Ames, of New Orleans. l do not know
where the other W are. Copies may
have since been struck from the same die.
On the diverse Of the coin is a representa-
ton Of the Goddess Of Liberty surrounded
by thirteen stars, deno,ing the thirteen
states from which the C~onfederacy sprung,
and on the lower rim the figures 1861.
On the reverse there is q shield with sever
stars, representing the seeding states,
above the shield is q liberty cap, and en-.
twined around IL are stalks Of sugar cane
and cotton and Confederate States OF
America. "-'0bserver" in Philadelphia
Call
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-03-29
Man NJ . Draught Animal.

All sorts OF animals are used in different
parts of the world for carrying on the
ariou processes of agriculture. Cows
are sometimes hitched to plows and other
implements side by side with horses and
mules. and necessity often leads to a re.
sort to methods which seem singular, to
say the least. But it is doubtful If in
any other part Of the civilized world Is
such a spectacle afforded as may he seen
in the vegetable gardens upon the out
skirts of Alameda. Not long ago passers
by in the locality referred to were treated
TO the sight Of a piece Of light, sandy soil
being broken up. An ordinary pillow was
in use, and a stalwart laborer grasped the
handles thereof, but occupying the pc
sition Of a draught animal was neither
horse, mule, cow nor any other -four
footed beast, but a sturdy man. He was
barnessed to the plow by an arrangement
OF straps and buckles like a harness, al
though no brides or reins were necessary.
Despite the wondering glances and ex.
clamations OF the passers by the two men
pursued their task in a perfectly matter.
Of fact way, as IL there was nothing more
common in the world than for q man Il
drag a pillow. California Exchange.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-03-29
GEN. GRANTS LOVE LETTERS.
A short Chat with Col. Fred Grant-An
Interesting Diary.

CHANGING TO meet Col. Fred Grant the
other day | asked him regarding the vol
umes Of his fathers unpublished diaries
and papers which II has been announced
he was engaged upon for publication, A
casual inquiry 500 revealed the fact that
the paragraph In question was some
what pIemature-by about q few years,
at least.
1.-THE only literary work" said Col.
Grant, upon which | may be said TO be
engaged concerning my father Is this;
Every day I devote an hour or more TO
taking down my mothers "reminiscences
Of him. These mostly relate to incidents
and vents in my fathers life during his
tour around the world, and which were
not embodied in Mr.. John Russell Young's
description Of that journey. My father
never related those incidents to any one,
and my mother o tells them to me for
the fist time to anybody. They are,
many Of them, exceedingly interesting, be.
ing purely Of a personal character, and
full of what is called spice have now
nearly 1,5O0 foolscap pages filed with
memorandum Of these "reminiscences OF
my mother. She has also dictated to me
q great many things in fathers early life
which are not known to the public, and
has given me, too, several importan,
documents never published as yet"
what is It your purpose to do with
these,n / asked.
81 do not know whether the public will
ever want these of hand "reminiscences,
but they will be Of value TO my children,
and for their sake | am chiefly doing the
collecting and editing Of them. Father
was in the habit Of telling mother numer'
Gus things about men and events which
were never impaired to Others. Many Of
them express his opinions Of men and
measures which he withheld even from
his closest friends. II is possible that
may at some time publish these recol
lections Of mothers, but certainly not al
present. You know my contract with the
Websters provides that | shall hot publish
anything about father until May, 1889, OIL
three years from last May. What | shall
do when this date expires ] cannot al
present say
''Did your father leave with your moth.
err any other valuable papers besides the
documents you speak of"
les, l nave u ulhry lelt ny nlui u
mother, which contains a great many in
teresting entries. Then ! have about 20(
Of fathers love letters, as they might bt
termed, written TO mother during theil
engagement. They are, OF course, all In
fathers autograph, and signed some Of
them Tie others Ulysses and other:
again with his full name. Father was not
a sentimental lover, and in none OF thest
letters are those soft and endearing allu
sions common in q courtship correspond
ence. They are most practical in theil
character, and form what is undoubtedl,
the most exact and accurate history of thu
Mexican wal ever made. He kept moth
er informed Of every movement in his cam
paign, even TO the most minute details
and gives her his opinion of many Of tn,
generals who fought with him, or those O
the opposing army. They are very curl
Gus love letters, to say the least. Cor
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-03-29

II is now fairly established that the
common wart, which is so unsightly, and
often proliferous on the hands and face,
can be easily removed by small doses Of
sulphate Of magnesia taken internally.
NJ. Colrat, Of Lyons, has drawn attention
TO this extraordinary fact. Several chill
dren treated with three grains Of Epson
salts, morning and evening, were promptly
cured. VI. Aubers cites the case OF
woman whose face was disflgured by
these excrescences, and who was cured In
a month by a drachm and a half OF mag
nesia taken daily. Another medical maj
reports a case Of large warts which disap'
peared In a fortnight from the daily ad'
ministration OF ten grains of salts
Medical Press.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-03-29

In the matter Of clothes, no perfect
dandy Of either sex will now protect them.
selves with an umbrella. II has been dis
covered that by apparent recklessness Of
destruction, a distinction can be gained
over the herd Of stylishly dressed people.
The young man about town goes ont
into the rain wearing q cape overcoat, but
with his silk hat uncovered TO the storm.
In his case the cost is really not excessive,
for he has only 20 keep two hats-one 20
wear while the other is being blocked. and
r~eplenish his top coats often. But his sis
ter INDUCES In the same within At far
greater expense. She protects herself
with an enyeloping cloak, IL il true, bnt
she exposes her millinery to ruinous wet
ting and presents a placidly serene fare
under dripping plumes and sagging nib
bons.-New York Mail and Express.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-03-29
Fortunate CoIIectnr.

A fortunate New Yorker who has made
money In a speciality is Charles l.. Ritz
mann, who began in 1879 30 collect photo
graphs Of prominent persons in social,
religious, theatrical AMI public life. The
first collection which hung in his show
window comprised Ave photographs. To
day he has more than 1900, the collec-
ton being worth between $4,000 and
$1,000. The market value Of the photo
graphs ranges from twenty-five cents To
go each. As an instance Of the extensive
variety II may be noted that he has 35O
different poses Of Ellen Terry and more
nan 10 u Mrs. Langtry New York
TrlSr<
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-03-29
A VERY DEADLY NEEDLE.
Hypoderm,c Injections which Frequently
Cause Death-A Phy.ician'. vie<s-


That the drinking and smoking Of Tau
danum and opium are not unknown vices
in New York, any physician will affirm.
But there is a practice which IL even more
deleterious-the use Of the hypodermic syr-
inge. To estimate the growth Of this
evil IL is only necessary TO take the testi-
mony of druggists and dealers in surgical
instruments. The fact is IL has become a
problem with which social reformers must
deal.
A reporter talked the other day with q
prominent physician upon this topic.
'fMany medical men" said he, ''are I'M
aware that the use of the ~hypodermic syr-
ipge is always attended with danger OF
instant death. The cause OF this danger
is not well understood, but the fatal acct
dents that have been recorded were not
due TO the taking Of larger doses than
usual by mistake, nor to the cumulative
effects Of the drug. Cases have occurred
in which persons have taken large doses
for months without producing q single un-
pleasant symptom, and have died in a few
minutes from the effects Of q quarter Of
the habitual quantity taken in the usual
manner and at the regular hour.
There is danger Of fatality against
which no vigilance a guard. The symp-
toms are not always so severe rs to pro-
duce coma, unless arrested. They occur
about once in 100 administrations, and
prove fatal at least once in ten. That is
to say, a man who uses the hypodermic
syringe at the rate Of ten punctures aday,
which is a very moderate average, should
encounter the symptoms and their at
tendant danger Of death once in every ten
days on the average, and the probability
is that they will prove fatal within six
months after the habit is formed. The
danger that he may be found dead is thus
always a real one with the habitue Of the
hypodermic, a danger that may at any
moment involve a coroner's inquest and
the imputation Of suicide. New York
Mail and Express.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-03-29
Take il in Time.

Ayers Cherry Pectoral is a highly
concentrated aud powerful medicine.
1t is an anodyne expectorant, and, II
promptly taken, in cases Of Coughs,
Throat or Lung troubles, soothes and
heals the irritated tissues, and quickly
allays all tendency to Consumption.
Six yea ago, / contracted n severe
Cold, which settled on my Lungs, and
soon developed all the alarming symp-
toms Of Consumption. i had a Cough,
Night Sweats, Bleeding Lungs. Pain In
nv Chest and Sides, and was So COM
pletely Frustrated, as Ia be confined 10
my bed most OF the time. After trying
various prescriptions, without benefit,
my physician finally determined 10 give
me Ayers Cherry Pectoral. | took il,
and the effect was magical. l seemed
10 rally from the first dose Of this med
icine, and, after using only three bottles,
I'm now as well and sound as ever
Rodney johnson, Springfield, III.
/ have used Ayers Cherry Pecroral
in my family, for Colds and Coughs,
with infallible success, and should not
dare 20 be without this medicine through
the winter months. Russell Bodine,
Hughesville, Lycoming Co., Pa.
Ayers Cherry PectoraI,
Prepared by Or. &c. Aver Co, Lowell, Mas.
Sold BY all Druggists. Price d; sI bottles, u.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-03-29

An English food inspector, Mr. James
Bell. finds that horse flesh and beef can.
not be positively distinguished by external
appearance. but that the fat is a reliable
test. The horse fat is fluid at a tempera-
ture OF seventy degs, and las a specific
gravity at 100 degs. Of about pOs .;
while the fat Of beef melts at ITO TO l20
degs, and Is considerably lighter The
Low melting point OF the fat will show
when sausages are made from horse meat
-Arkansaw Traveller. .
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-03-29
tt, Most Destructive weapon

An English journal just at hand points
out the curious fact that the United
States has so far furnished the most de-
structiye and formidable weapons OF mod.
ern warfare. The Dahlgren gun was the
f%orerunner Of the Armstrong and Krupp
ordnance. Our Monitor revolutionized
the ironclad nayies Of Europe. Our re.
volving machine guns, which scatter shot
by the thousand, have led the world, as
witness the Calling, Gardner, Hotchkiss,
and Maxim machine guns, Nov the fa.
nous Ericsson has invented dynamite
cruiser, the most formidable kind Of a de.
~structive war vessel known to any navy.
-Demorests Monthly.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-03-29
SIraIghien The Rivera

Hundreds OF thousands Of acres OF the
best land In Iowa are rendered useless for
farm crops or for timber on account Of be.
ing overlowed by stagnant water along
our rivers. This land, in addition TO be.
ing worthless is also a curse, causing dis.
ease and death 10 the inhabitants along
the valleys by the emnnatlon Of n deadly
malaria from the decaying Of the luxuri.
ous weed crops which flourish In the ponds
and sloughs on the low bottoms. There
is fall enough 10 the valleys IL the rivers
were Strengthened and widened 80 that
there could he n continuous flow Of the
surplus water. iowa State Register.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-03-29
Mexican Door Kew.

In 5ys s7r zee o Mexican door key,
II u sssyy appropriate looking article,
with ghkk " k>k lovers out. II is made
OF heavy ifDN saf y about ten inches long.
Being tao lAfgt ~ ne pocket, II is usually
carried on a as.s % the ~Ost.-San
Francisco ChfOsss
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-03-29

Il has taken some men fifty years Of
hardt work 10 reach a position in which
dey shall hat der abuse OF der public for
der remainder Of der days.-Carl Dunder
in Detroit Free Press.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-03-29

Mime. Patti believes that she has dis
covered a jewel in her niece, Carlina, and
predicts that she win become . great
singer In time.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-05-18
Too Weak to Be Nominated.

Congressman Payson, of Illinois,
who is one of the ablest Republicans in
his delegation, and one of the strongest
men in his party in the West, is not in
favor of Mr.. Blaine's denomination.
He said in a recent interview in WASH
ington:
think NJ. Blaine is weaker than his party.
I do not have any Of that feeling about him
that some Republicans have. II he were nomi.
mated, I could support him heartily. Yet I
recognize that he would lose many Republican
votes, and his chances Of success therefore
would not be as good as those Of some other
man. I can not say whom we are likely to
nominate.
Mr.. Payson says he has no doubt
whatever that Mr.. Cleveland, if he
lives. will be renominated. As for the
result afterwards, that will depend
upon circumstances. If the present
prosperous condition of the country
continues, Mr.. Cleveland's chances Of
reelection will, he thinks, be greatly
increased. Mr.. Payson does not seem
to share the idea which Blaine advo-
Gates, like the Boston Journal and Gin.
cinnati Commercials Gazette entertain,
that Mr.. Blaine is a desirable candi.
date because he is weaker than his
party-because he drives away indie
pendent voters and leaves the party
''better and purer without them. -.
N 7. Post
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-05-18
PERSONAL SUPERIORITY.

Tho Unwlsdom ofSelf.Praise ~ Suggested
by Solomon.
One sign Of personal superiority is
lack Of any consciousness of personal
superiority. He who says that he is
more Of man than his immediate fell
lows is pretty sure to provoke others
to differ with him at that point. In
deed. he is not likely to be alone in his
opinion, so far. It is much the Same
in the matter of race, or sex, rs in that
of other contrasts. The man who in
sists that he is superior to another
man because he belongs to race
which is superior to that mans makes
point against his race superiority,
instead Of for it, to begin with. The
other man would, again, only harm his
case by making counter claim.
It is always better to evidence SUPERIOR
ity without claiming it than to claim
superiority without evidencing it. So.
again. if man boldly claims his
superiority to woman because he is a
man, he proves that he is not manly,
just as surely as woman proves that
she is not womanly il she boldly claims
superiority over man on the score oil
her sex. Solomon gave one proof o.
his superiority in wisdom when he sug.
gested the unwisdom Of self-praise,
"Let another man praise thee" HI
said, land not thine own mouth; q
stranger, and not thine own lips. =
Superiority is hopelessly lost as soor
as it is foundry its owners s
Times.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-05-18

make it cover the charge that he chad
written letter to either Richard Smith
or Murat Halstead, of the Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette, abandoning Mr..
Blaine and favoring John Sherman for
the Presidency in 1885," But the
wording of the New York Tribune's
denial precludes its being interpreted
to cover the accusation of having
written such letter to Mr.. Smith.
These are its words: s.The editor
of the Tribune knows of no such
letter, and the man who is
said to have received it has already
announced that he never got any such
letter. The Tribune expects to sup
port the nominee of the National con-
vention." This is simply a reiteration
of the denial of the first charge. It
does not apply to both Mr.. Smith and
Mr. Halstead, but to the latter, who
alone is the man who has announced
that he never got the letter.
But the second sentence contains tho
more important part of the statement.
1t virtually admits the gist of the al
legged letter that the nomination of
Blaine is not the sine qua non. This
time three years ago Mr.. Reid would
not tolerate any other possibility but
the nomination of Blaine. But now
that his wife has been mustered in
among the daughters-in-law of Ohio
his own Ohio instinct draws him
toward John Sherman of Mansfield, O.
No wonder James G. Blaine stops
over in Chicago to tone up his system
with hypo-phosphates. Chicago Ne,os.